Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
No! I don't want a video tute on troff. Just a video of you typing in the troff. It would certainly be better to look at then your idea of how plan9 works. brucee On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:17 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Dan Cross wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: I'd like to see a you tube video of the troff. >>> >>> Dude, don't tempt me. When (if?) I (ever?) get off of active duty, I >>> might do a youtube video on troff. I know that's not quite what you >>> were saying, but it'd be hilarious. >>> >>>- Dan C. >>> >>> (ps- Bruce, let me know when you'll be stateside again.) >>> >> >> If I made it, it wouldn't be on youtube (I don't want to give up my >> rights to the video). But I would definitely give it to you, the groff >> guys, and the Heirloom guys. >> >> How is this to start: >> >> "This video will teach you troff. What is troff? troff is a document >> preparation system, much like TeX or Microsoft Word. troff is one of >> the first of these systems to support fonts in italic and drawing on >> the page. It was developed by the late Joe Ossanna and is the latest >> and newest in a long line of document programs. >> troff is most like TeX in that the document is a text file containing >> words with formatting commands mixed in. This means you'll have to get >> used to the command line. >> Three primary versions of troff are used today. The official version, >> based of Ossanna's work, is in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating >> system. The most common one is groff, a version made for the GNU >> project. There is also Heirloom troff, based off the ones by >> OpenSolaris. All three are free software. >> So as you can see, troff is a Unix tool. But if you are on Windows, >> don't despair: there are ports of these tools to Windows. I will be >> running Plan 9 for my demo. >> >> Let's start by creating a simple document. Create a new text file: >> >> > first_troff >> >> and edit it: >> >> acme first_troff >> >> Now let's type a few words: >> >> hello, world >> >> Save your work. In my case, I middle-click the Put at the top. >> Now comes the fun part. In Plan 9, to preview the document, you say >> >> troff first_troff | proof >> >> or >> >> troff first_troff | page >> >> I will use page. With GNU, you convert to a PostScript file and open >> it with an image viewer: >> >> troff first_troff | grops > first_troff.ps >> >> (Heirloom goes here.)" > > > A video seems like a rather foolish place to try and explain troff, > since the whole process is a lot of text input and a couple commands. > There exist plenty of documents on writing troff AND they avoid the > cutesy "Ok now let's do this... here's what I did... Now the fun > part" form. > > > John > > >
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
> On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Dan Cross wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> I'd like to see a you tube video of the troff. >> >> Dude, don't tempt me. When (if?) I (ever?) get off of active duty, I >> might do a youtube video on troff. I know that's not quite what you >> were saying, but it'd be hilarious. >> >>- Dan C. >> >> (ps- Bruce, let me know when you'll be stateside again.) >> > > If I made it, it wouldn't be on youtube (I don't want to give up my > rights to the video). But I would definitely give it to you, the groff > guys, and the Heirloom guys. > > How is this to start: > > "This video will teach you troff. What is troff? troff is a document > preparation system, much like TeX or Microsoft Word. troff is one of > the first of these systems to support fonts in italic and drawing on > the page. It was developed by the late Joe Ossanna and is the latest > and newest in a long line of document programs. > troff is most like TeX in that the document is a text file containing > words with formatting commands mixed in. This means you'll have to get > used to the command line. > Three primary versions of troff are used today. The official version, > based of Ossanna's work, is in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating > system. The most common one is groff, a version made for the GNU > project. There is also Heirloom troff, based off the ones by > OpenSolaris. All three are free software. > So as you can see, troff is a Unix tool. But if you are on Windows, > don't despair: there are ports of these tools to Windows. I will be > running Plan 9 for my demo. > > Let's start by creating a simple document. Create a new text file: > > > first_troff > > and edit it: > > acme first_troff > > Now let's type a few words: > > hello, world > > Save your work. In my case, I middle-click the Put at the top. > Now comes the fun part. In Plan 9, to preview the document, you say > > troff first_troff | proof > > or > > troff first_troff | page > > I will use page. With GNU, you convert to a PostScript file and open > it with an image viewer: > > troff first_troff | grops > first_troff.ps > > (Heirloom goes here.)" A video seems like a rather foolish place to try and explain troff, since the whole process is a lot of text input and a couple commands. There exist plenty of documents on writing troff AND they avoid the cutesy "Ok now let's do this... here's what I did... Now the fun part" form. John
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
On Nov 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Dan Cross wrote: On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to see a you tube video of the troff. Dude, don't tempt me. When (if?) I (ever?) get off of active duty, I might do a youtube video on troff. I know that's not quite what you were saying, but it'd be hilarious. - Dan C. (ps- Bruce, let me know when you'll be stateside again.) If I made it, it wouldn't be on youtube (I don't want to give up my rights to the video). But I would definitely give it to you, the groff guys, and the Heirloom guys. How is this to start: "This video will teach you troff. What is troff? troff is a document preparation system, much like TeX or Microsoft Word. troff is one of the first of these systems to support fonts in italic and drawing on the page. It was developed by the late Joe Ossanna and is the latest and newest in a long line of document programs. troff is most like TeX in that the document is a text file containing words with formatting commands mixed in. This means you'll have to get used to the command line. Three primary versions of troff are used today. The official version, based of Ossanna's work, is in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system. The most common one is groff, a version made for the GNU project. There is also Heirloom troff, based off the ones by OpenSolaris. All three are free software. So as you can see, troff is a Unix tool. But if you are on Windows, don't despair: there are ports of these tools to Windows. I will be running Plan 9 for my demo. Let's start by creating a simple document. Create a new text file: > first_troff and edit it: acme first_troff Now let's type a few words: hello, world Save your work. In my case, I middle-click the Put at the top. Now comes the fun part. In Plan 9, to preview the document, you say troff first_troff | proof or troff first_troff | page I will use page. With GNU, you convert to a PostScript file and open it with an image viewer: troff first_troff | grops > first_troff.ps (Heirloom goes here.)" PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Bruce Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to see a you tube video of the troff. Dude, don't tempt me. When (if?) I (ever?) get off of active duty, I might do a youtube video on troff. I know that's not quite what you were saying, but it'd be hilarious. - Dan C. (ps- Bruce, let me know when you'll be stateside again.)
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
I'd like to see a you tube video of the troff. brucee On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:09 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ah come on, PDFs are so 2002, where's the you tube video? > > -eric > > > On Nov 4, 2008 5:54pm, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> >> /n/sources/contrib/pietro/programming.pdf >> >> >> >> This only covers files, processes, and little else. I began a part on >> segments, but I don't know if it will stay. I haven't touched it since >> August, but I plan to start it again perhaps in a few days. >> >> >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) >> >> >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ4LIACgkQuv7AVNQDs+zHpACdGRXVREMNC/t1HdCrmqrAyZ/+ >> >> QCMAnAwkGvHZ1PnglHKTedSmTjOpFsnS >> >> =9JHE >> >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> >>
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
A suggestion for the next app to be supported in linuxemu: DjVu. Since we don't have a C++ compiler outside of older versions of gcc, getting a linux version of DjVuLibre up and running would be fantastic. -jas On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ah come on, PDFs are so 2002, where's the you tube video? -eric
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry, it also covers Runes. On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:54 PM, Pietro Gagliardi wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 /n/sources/contrib/pietro/programming.pdf This only covers files, processes, and little else. I began a part on segments, but I don't know if it will stay. I haven't touched it since August, but I plan to start it again perhaps in a few days. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ4LIACgkQuv7AVNQDs+zHpACdGRXVREMNC/t1HdCrmqrAyZ/+ QCMAnAwkGvHZ1PnglHKTedSmTjOpFsnS =9JHE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ4pwACgkQuv7AVNQDs+yK4ACgiSnU6Bq+tYTPHg73yupg0pBx fTkAn2Iy2NhRbj6udky/g2a6PY4JF/7I =x2qw -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [9fans] Programming tutorial draft
ah come on, PDFs are so 2002, where's the you tube video? -eric On Nov 4, 2008 5:54pm, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 /n/sources/contrib/pietro/programming.pdf This only covers files, processes, and little else. I began a part on segments, but I don't know if it will stay. I haven't touched it since August, but I plan to start it again perhaps in a few days. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkkQ4LIACgkQuv7AVNQDs+zHpACdGRXVREMNC/t1HdCrmqrAyZ/+ QCMAnAwkGvHZ1PnglHKTedSmTjOpFsnS =9JHE -END PGP SIGNATURE-
